Sunday, September 29, 2013

… and (God) said,
“If you diligently heed the voice of the
Lord your God and do what is
right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I
will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For
I am the Lord who heals
you.”

Whose voice was
Israel to heed? Israel was to heed the voice of the Lord to avoid diseases that Egypt suffered.

Tu. 10/1/13: Deuteronomy
28:45What was the
penalty for disobedience?

“Moreover
all these curses shall come upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are
destroyed, because you did not obey the
voice of the Lord your God, to
keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.

What was the
penalty for disobedience? Destruction from the promised land was the penalty.

We. 10/2/13: Deuteronomy
30:9 – 10What would
repentance bring?

The Lord your
God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your
body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for
good. For the Lord will again
rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes
which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul.

What would
repentance bring? Repentance would bring success in work circumstances that are
beyond your control.

Th. 10/3/13: John 5:24 – 25What does hearing
and believing bring?

“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in
Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has
passed from death into life.Most assuredly, I say to you,
the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.

What does hearing and believing bring? Eternal
life: we will never be judged and found wanting.

Fr. 10/4/13: Hebrews 1:1 –
2Who does God now
speak through?

God,
who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by
the prophets,has in these last days spoken to
us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of
all things, through whom also He made the worlds

Who does God now speak through? God speaks through
His Son and none else in these last days.

Friday, September 20, 2013

“You
shall truly tithe all the increase of your grain that the field produces year
by year.And
you shall eat before the Lord your God, in the place where He chooses to make
His name abide, the tithe of your grain and your new wine and your oil, of the
firstborn of your herds and your flocks, that you may learn to fear the Lord
your God always.

What tithe was to be given? The grain tithe
was all the yearly increase.

Tu. 9/24/13: Deut. 14:24 –
26Where was the
offering to be eaten?

But if the journey is too long for you, so that you are not
able to carry the tithe, or if the place where the Lord your God chooses
to put His name is too far from you, when the Lord your God has blessed you,
then you shall exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and
go to the place which the Lord your God chooses. And you shall spend that money
for whatever your heart desires: for oxen or sheep, for wine or similar drink,
for whatever your heart desires; you shall eat there before the Lord your God,
and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

Where was the
offering to be eaten? The offerings were to be eaten in Jerusalem, Near the
Temple.

We. 9/25/13: Deut. 16:16 –
17How often were
males to appear?

“Three
times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place
which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and
at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the Lord
empty-handed.Every
man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your
God which He has given you.

How often were males to appear? They were to
appear three times.

Th. 9/26/13: Deuteronomy
16:5 – 6When was the
Passover sacrificed?

“You
may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which the Lord your God
gives you; but at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name
abide, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at twilight, at the going down of
the sun, at the time you came out of Egypt.

When was the
Passover sacrificed? Passover was sacrificed at twilight.

Fr. 9/27/13: 1 Corinthians
5:7 – 8Do we still
observe Passover?

Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new
lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was
sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor
with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of
sincerity and truth.

Do we still observe Passover? No, Christ, our
Passover has been sacrificed.

Who shall bring a charge
against God’s elect?It is God who justifies. Who is he who
condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is
even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

Can the devil charge us? The devil can neither charge nor
condemn us.

Th. 9/19/13: 1 Timothy 1:3
– 4What often gets taught?

As I urged you when I went into Macedonia—remain in Ephesus
that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine, nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause
disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.

What gets taught? Doctrines that are NOT in God’s Word, the
Bible. A simple way to find out: count references to the Bible and to man’s
writings in a sermon.

Fr. 9/20/13: 2 Timothy 4:1
– 2What is our behavior to
be?

I charge
youtherefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will
judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of
season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

Sunday, September 8, 2013

“If
there is a dispute between men, and they come to court, that the judges may
judge them, and they justify the
righteous and condemn the wicked

What is ‘justify
the righteous’? A judge declares one righteous: He was already innocent but the
judge declares that he is innocent.

Tu. 9/10/13: Exodus 23:7 –
8What will God not
do?

Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the
innocent and righteous. For I will not
justify the wicked. And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

What will God not
do? God will not justify the wicked. This puts all humanity into condemnation.

We. 9/11/13: Proverbs 17:15What is an
abomination to God?

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just,

Both
of them alike are an abomination to the
Lord.

What is an
abomination to God? Declaring the guilty innocent or vice versa is an
abomination to God.

Th. 9/12/13: Romans 3:23 – 24,
26How then can God
be just?

…
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely
by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

…
to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that (God) might be just and the
justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

How then can God
be just? If God justifies one who only has faith, but is wicked, isn’t God
unjust?

Fr. 9/13/13: Romans 8:3 – 4Who was condemned?

For
what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by
sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might
be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to
the Spirit.

Who was condemned? The perfect one who came in the
flesh was condemned for my sin. He paid my penalty and believing that He did
so, I am justified. I am declared righteous!

Monday, September 2, 2013

Mo. 9/2/13: Deuteronomy 31:19 What did God give Moses?Now therefore, write down this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel. What did God give Moses? God gave Moses a song that would remind Israel about the prophetic warnings about idol worship.Tu. 9/3/13: Deuteronomy 31:20 When would this happen?When I have brought them to the land flowing with milk and honey, of which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and filled themselves and grown fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them; and they will provoke Me and break My covenant. When would this happen? This would happen after prosperity: fat!We. 9/4/13: Deuteronomy 32:15 Who would Israel forsake?But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked;You grew fat, you grew thick,You are obese!Then he forsook God who made him,And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.Who would Israel forsake? Israel would forsake the Rock of their salvation.Th. 9/5/13: Deuteronomy 32:35 What is God's sole possession?Vengeance is Mine, and recompense;Their foot shall slip in due time;For the day of their calamity is at hand,And the things to come hasten upon them.’What is God's sole possession? Vengeance belongs to God, not man.Don't avenge yourself.Fr. 9/6/13: Deuteronomy 32:43 Why would Gentiles rejoice?Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people;For He will avenge the blood of His servants,And render vengeance to His adversaries;He will provide atonement for His land and His people.Why would Gentiles rejoice? God's plans are for all mankind.

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